Walking toy



A. SUMISKY WALKING TOY Sept. 19, 1933.

Filed May 27. 1932 Patented sept. 19, 1933 Anthony sumisky,hiiaaeIphiar.; a

Application May 27, 1932. serial No. 613,802

iolaim. (o1. 4640) My invention relates to new and useful im.- provements in a walking toy, and is intended as an improvement upon the toy shown and described in my patent application, Serial No.

592,479, filed February 12, 1932, and has for one of its objects to provide an exceedingly simple and effective mechanism for causing a four-legged toy animal to walk.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and amusing toy including a figure of a four-legged animal having the legs so mounted on the body as to move upward and downward, forward and backward, in unison in pairs.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple actuating mechanism for each pair of legs and means for causing both of said mechanisms to operate in unison.

With these and other ends in View, this inven` tion consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in theart to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its 25' construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in wl'1ich:-`

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a walking toy constructed in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the frame work carrying the legs, the body of the animal being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the frame illustrat- 35" ing the manner of journalling one of the crank shafts so as to house the cranks thereof.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the vertical wings showing the pivoting lug partially cut therefrom and bent outward in its normal position. 4 In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, represents the body portion of a toy animal which is mounted in any suitable manner upon the frame of a plate 11 having four upturned wings 12 formed therewith, each of said 0' wings having a cupped-up housing 13.

14 represents two crank shafts, each of which is journalled in one pair of the housings 13 as clearly shown in Fig. 4, so that the cranks will r revolve within the depression in said housings. On each of the rock shafts is secured a sprocket wheel 15 over which the sprocket chain 16 runs, f thus gearing the two shafts together and causing them to revolve in unison for the purpose hereinslipping of the Yfeet and to insure the rearward Each of the legs 17 and 18r` of the front pairV are pivoted to one of thefforward wings 12 by the lug 19 which is formed by partially cutting a portion of the stock from said wing and bending the same outward and this lug has the shank 20 which serves as the pivot, it being understood 6.0

that there is one of these lugs for pivoting each of the legs to the frame.

The yshank 20 of the lug lies Within the slot 2 2,

while the head of said lug serves to hold theleg y in place but as said head is ilatand thinner` than 6.5: l

the width of the slot it follows that the leg may bereadily removed by swinging said slot into coincidence with the head' of said lug, and this forms a convenient method of assembling this device as will be readily understood. v The ends of the cranks 14 are turned outward to form the crank pins 23, each'of said pins projecting through one of the holes 24 formed in one of the legs 17 or 1'8 and the fulcrum-'of the crank is so related `to the pivot points of z5 these legs that when one leg is movedj'rearward it is first forced downward and thenvr upward by the action of the cranks carried bythe forward crank shaft, thus gradually swinging the leg out of contact with ther ground and then into con-l tact2therewith, the same movement takes place with the hind legs 25 and 26 by the action ofY the cranks of the rear crank shaft, and these two crank shafts are geared together as before described, the movements of the front legs and vrear legs are synchronized so that as the right hand rfront leg moves rearward, the right hand .rear leg moves forward and vice versa, and the.

same takes placewith the left hand front leg andhind leg.

By this arrangement, the pulling forward ofthe toy over ground or a floor surface will cause it to go through the walking movements, a front leg and hind leg on opposite sides engaging the e5 groundand moving rearward in unison until ther front leg and hind leg on the reversed sides come in contact with the groundwhen they intheir rearward movement will lift the other' two legs i from the ground. To increase the effectiveness of theaction `of the toy, rubber shoes 27in the 'form of caps are vfitted over the feet of the legs and these rrubber shoes will take a more positive hold upon la floor surface which hold is necessary to prevent the movement of the legs whose feet are in contact U' with the floor surface. v n

The plate 11 has the wings 28 and 29.formed therewith as shown' in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and

these wings are turned upward at right angles and may serve to rivet or kotherwise secure the body of the animal to the frame. .v

From the foregoing description it will be seen that an exceedingly simple and cheaply constructed toy is provided which will give, when f drawn forward, the appearance of a four-legged animal walking,rthe legs moving in perfect unison at al1 times and it is to be particularly noted that the legs Which'are moving forward are also completely 'lifted from the oor surface and will pass over any ordinary obstructions on said surface. f

of course I do not wish to be limited to the,

exact details of construction as herein shown, asthese may be varied within ,the limitsof the appended claim without departingl from the spirit of my invention. A Y

ings formed in said wings, crank shafts journalled in the housings, cranks carried by said shafts and enclosed Within said housings, a sprocket wheel secured upon each of the shafts, a spro'cketchain running over said wheels to cause them to move in unison, legs pivoted to the Wings in such manner astoperm'it an up and down movement as well as a swinging movement, and

.crank pins projecting from the cranks into holes formed in the legs in such manner as to produce said up and down movements.

- Y ANTHONY SUMISKY. 

